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No. 423,235. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM F. FOLMER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T'O WALTERE. SOHIVING, OF SAME PLACE.

lGNlTlNG-TORCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,235, dated March11, 1890. Application filed July 30, 1889. Serial No. 319,227. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. F0LMER, ofNew York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and usef Lil Improvement in Igniting-Torches, of which the followingis a specification.

This improvement relates to torches forignit-ing gas and otherilluminating apparatus.

I will describe an igniting-torch embodying my improvement, and thenpoint out the novel feature in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a torchembodying my improvement, a part being broken away to economize space.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 8 is a horizontalsection through the dotted lines a: 0;, Figs. 1 and 2, lookingdownwardly. Fig. sis a side view of atorch of slightly-modified formembodying the improvement. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of thistorch. Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken at the plane of the dottedline'gy, Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 7 is a side view or elevation of a draweror slide which maybe used in either form of torch illustrated in thedrawings. Fig. 8 is a transverse section taken at the plane of thedotted line 1) '0, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a slide formoving tapers which are used in the torches illustrated. Fig. 10 is anend view of the slide.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2,3, 7, 8, 9, and 10, A designates the stockor body of the torch. It may advantageously be made of sheet metal andof cylindric form. At the upper end it is shown as having a thick heada, which may advantageously be made of metal or wood and secured inplaceby solder or otherwise. From the stock or body A extends a stem B,which may be made in cylindric form of metal. It is shown as inserted inthe head act the stock or body. It may be secured by being driven infriction-tight or in any other suitable manner. I have shown the stem Bas solid, but

as having a longitudinal groove 19 at one side. This stem has combinedwith it a telescopic for sliding section B, made of tubular form andpreferably of metal to fit the main stem. The telescopic orslidingsection maybe adjusted into different positions lengthwise of themain stem B and secured in place when adjusted by means of aclamping-screw B fitted in a tapped hole provided in it and extendinginto the groove 1). The upper end of the telescopic or sliding section Bis provided with a wrench, key, or pair of jaws bf,

which may engage with a hand-piece oi the cock in a gas-fixture andserve as a means for turning the latter to let on or shut off the gas.

0 C designate two small tubes extending through the head a into thestock or body close to one portion or side of the wall of the latter.They may be driven into the head a friction-tight or secured in anyother suitable manner. At that part which is adjacent to one portion orside of the wall of the stock or body these tubes 0' O are providedwithlongitudinal slots 0, and the stock or body is provided withlongitudinal slots a, opposite and in line with the slots 0 of the tubes0 O The tubes 0 O and the stock or body are provided with slots, asdescribed, because in the present example of my improvement the torch isintended for use with wax tapers, and these slots are to accommodateslides S, which are used for adjusting the tapers and extend through theparts wherein the tapers move so .that they may be manipulated from theoutside of the torch.

There are combined with the tubes 0' C telescopic or sliding tubes G 0These are provided with longitudinal slots 0', which coincide with theslots c of the tubes 0' 0 so that the slides S may move from the tubes 0G into the tubes O 0*, and vice versa, in adj usting the tapers. It willbe observed that the slots 0 flare or widen at the upper ends of thetubes. I have shown the tubes 0 O as secured together, so as to beadjustable in unison; but they may be made separate for in dependentadjustment. It is preferable, however, that they shallbe both united tothe telescopic or sliding section B of the stem B of the torch, becausethen they maybe secured in position after adjustment by the screw B Itwill. be readily understood that by pro viding the stem B of the torchwith the telescopic or sliding section, and providing the tubes for theigniting devices with telescopic or sliding sections, I provide forelongating 0r shortening the torch.

There is one slide S for the tube 0 and its telescopic or sliding tube 0and another similar slide for the tube 0 and its telescopic or slidingtube C Each of these slidesmay be made of a strip of sheet metal, bentat the middle into the form of a cylinders, two parallel side portions 5beyond the cylindric portions .9, and two semi-cylindric or curved jawss at its extremities. The parallel portions 8 are intended to work inthe slides of the tubes 0 C C C, the jaws s are intended to grasp thetapers within these tubes, and the cylindrical portions 3 are intendedto serve as a hand-piece outside the tubes. The jaws are preferablyprovided on the inner surfaces with prongs or points to enable them thebetter to engage with the tapers. The portions 8, which work within theslides,are provided with bosses .9 which bear against the edges of theslides to reduce friction. These slides are so formed as that theiropposite portions have a tendency to swing apart for the purpose ofspreading the jaws. Therefore, when the slides are moved up into theupper portion of the tubes and their parts 5 enter the flared or widenedportions of the slots, their jaws will be spread apart so as tofacilitate the removal and insertion of tapers.

The stock or body A has fitted to it a drawer or slide D. This is madein the shape of a semicylinder or trough, and may be movedlongitudinally within the stock or body from the lower end of thelatter, it having a hand-piece D outside of the stock or body. It isaccommodated in the stock or body in a different plane from the plane ofthe tubes 0 0 being behind the same where it laps OVGI them. I11 thepresent instance the hand-piece is made in the form of a cylinder, whichis free to slide onto the lower end of the stock or body. At the upperend the drawer or slide is closed at the front by a strip d, extendingdownwardly from the top. I have shown the drawer as provided with apartition (2, dividing it into two compartments. The lower may serve asa match-receptacle, and the upper as a holder for tapers. I have shownan internally-screw-threaded socket (Z at the lower end of thehand-piece D. This enables the stock or body to be secured onto a stickor staff of any kind which is provided with an external screw-thread.

Turning now to the torch represented in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 it will beseen that the stem B has no telescopic or sliding section and that thetubes 0 C- have not telescopic or sliding tubes C 0" combined with them,but extend up adjacent to the wrench or key of the torch. It will beseen that their slots 0 flare at the upper ends. In this example of theimprovement the stock or body-is made of two sectionsa main section Aanda telescopic or sliding section A. The head (L is secured in thetelescopic or sliding section A,

and the stem B and tubes 0 C are as in the other exampleof theimprovement secured in this sliding head. Consequently the torch may beelongated or shortened by moving one section of the stock or bodyrelatively to the other. hen adjusted, friction may serve to maintainthe parts in the new relation; or a clamping-screw or other device maybeemployed to do this.

Except in respect to the parts heretofore described, the torchillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 may correspond with that first'described.In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the hand-piece D destitute of the socket(1 but provided on the end with a roughened surface (Z for ignitingmatches.

In each example of the improvement the drawer may be secured in place inthe stock or body by friction or otherwise. In the present instance Ihave shown the hand-piece as provided with an inwardly-pressed orindented longitudinal rib cl engaging with a corresponding groove of inthe stock or body. These parts will indicate the position in which thedrawer is to be inserted and aid in securing it in place.

The drawer when made of sheet metal will have resilient sides, and thesesides are intended to fit tightly Within the stock or body.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a stock or body, atelescopic or adjustable stem-section, and a telescopic or adjustabletube for the igniting material, substantially as specified.

2. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a stock or body, atelescopic or adjustable stem-section provided with a wrench or key, anda telescopic or adjustable tube for the igniting material, said tubebeing secured to the said stem, substantially as specified.

3. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a stock or body, a stemsecured to the same and having a telescopic or sliding section providedwith a wrench or key, a tube secured to said stock or body for theigniting material, and atelescopic orsliding tube fitting the latter,'said telescopic or sliding tube 'being secured to the telescopic orsliding section of the stem, substantially as specified.

4:. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a tube provided with alongitudinal slot, a stock or body provided with a correspondinglongitudinal slot, and a telescopic or sliding tube fitted to the tubefirst named and having a corresponding longitudinal slot, substantiallyas specified.

5. In an igniting-torch, the combination, with a common-stock or bodyforming a handle, of two tubes for igniting material, communicating withthe stock or body, and a stem opposite the two tubes and supporting thesame, substantially as specified.

6. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a hollow stock or body and adrawer having IIO resilient sides fitted within said stock or body andadjustable through one end of the latter, substantially as specified.

7. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a hollow stock or body and adrawer open at the front and having at the top a strip (Z, substantiallyas specified.

8. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a hollow stock or body and adrawer open at the front and having a hand-piece constructed to slideover the outside of the end of the stock or body and engaging closelytherewith, substantially as specified.

9. In an igniting-torch, the combination of a hollow stock or bodyprovided at the lower end with a longitudinal groove and a drawer havinga hand-piece constructed to fit outside the lower end of the stock orbody, and provided with a longitudinal rib for engaging "through theslot and provided with bosses s and jaws, substantially as specified. V

WVILLIAM F. FOLMER. Witnesses:

S. O. EDMONDS, T. LITTLEJOHN.

